At+Home+Extension+Activities

Parents! I've had some requests for additional activities children can work on at home. Here is what I've come up. Please let me know if there is anything in particular you had in mind for an extension activity. Each week I will upload something on this page. This could be a picture, a video, a news article, or even a game. I will provide instructions on how your child can respond to the uploaded item. I will keep a box near my desk that says 'extension'. Students can put their in this box each week if they want me to provide some feedback. As this is an out of class activity, I will mark and return to students before or after school and return as soon as possible.

I will try to include a variety of activities and subjects. Of course, these activities are optional.

Structures are more than just buildings!!!

Watch this cool video about inflatable art. Make a list of all the materials he needs in order to make these structures work! media type="youtube" key="PH6xCT2aTSo" height="385" width="480"

My challenge to you Room 7 is to create your OWN book! How? It is easy!!!

Use this website to create your own stories. Stuck on what kind of story to create? Why don't you do a recount of your reading book? Or retell what you did on the weekend! Parents, you will need to sign up to use this webpage. It is quick and easy to sign up, and well worth it. You can even upload your own photos for the story writing.

**WEEK 7** //**Wiki Detective Work:** Put on your detective hats and pull our your magnifying glass! Your job is to hunt around our wiki pages and find words with digraphs in them. What is a digraph? A digraph is two letters joining together to make a different sound. For example s+h = sh. These are the digraphs we have been looking at in Room 7. SH CH TH WH PH How many words with digraphs can YOU find??


 * Note: Stay on our wiki for this activity. I don''t expect you to look for digraphs on other web pages.//



Ever tried Sudoku? Click on this puzzle to be taken to the website that provides a different Sudoku puzzle each day. If you have a go bring one in to class to show me! Rules:
 * In every vertical line, horizontal line and every box, you must have the numbers 1-6

ACTIVITY: Freaky Flies

What are these freaky flies up to? Choose a picture and write a story. Make sure your story has:


 * a clear a beginning, a middle and an end
 * interesting punctuation ( ?, " ", !)